Shimmer
['ʃɪmə] or ['ʃɪmɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a weak and tremulous light; 'the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers'; 'the play of light on the water'.
(verb.) give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk.
(verb.) shine with a weak or fitful light; 'Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight'.
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Definition
(v. i.) To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.
(n.) A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Glimmer, gleam, shine faintly.
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Definition
v.i. to gleam tremulously to glisten.—ns. Shimm′er Shimm′ering a tremulous gleam.
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Examples
- Mrs. Fisher paused and looked reflectively at the deep shimmer of sea between the cactus-flowers. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It was a bright, crisp February morning, and the snow of the day before still lay deep upon the ground, shimmering brightly in the wintry sun. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- In an evil moment the shopman held up the lovely, shimmering folds, and said, A bargain, I assure, you, ma'am. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- At the end of the breakfast the Pussum appeared, in a purple silk wrap with a shimmering sash. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- At last came she whom Tarzan sought, with lithe sinews rolling beneath shimmering hide; fat and glossy came Sabor, the lioness. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Like a shimmering waterfall turned to burnished metal by a dying sun it fell about her oval face; in waving lines, below her waist it tumbled. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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